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Flexmix driver for pscl hurdle model

I've been trying to code in R a finite mixture of hurdle models using pscl's hurdle implementation. My interest is in particular in the hurdle with negative binomial for the count data.

I've come across the flexmix package, which unfortunately does not supply a built-in driver for pscl's hurdle. Despite many attempts I haven't been able to correctly code the driver.

Has anyone used pscl's hurdle with flexmix, and could you share a working implementation of the driver?

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • the package countreg contains this driver. It can be installed from rforge:

    install.packages("countreg", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")

    here is the manpage:

    http://rpackages.ianhowson.com/rforge/countreg/man/FLXMRnegbin.html